Boston, Massachusetts
Rescue and Resistance World War II and the Present

Funded by:

  • Boston College, Massachusetts
  • B'Nai Brith of Boston
  • The National Italian American Foundation

Abraham Foxman, Director of the Anti-Defamation League was the keynote speaker. This program included presentations by survivors of Lithuania and Poland, historians and leaders from local Boston and Connecticut community organizations as well as musicians who sang and played renditions from the Holocaust period. Researchers presented the cruelty of Nazi doctors as they experimented on camp internees in the name of medicine and its advancement. The audience encompassed many survivors of Poland, Germany, Yugoslavia, and Italy who related their own personal stories. A reception followed this event at Boston College.